The NMR Facility at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is currently home to four solution-state NMR spectrometers: a Varian Unity Inova 400 MHz, a Varian Unity Inova 500 MHz, an actively shielded Varian Unity Inova 600 MHz and a Bruker Avance III Ultrashield Plus 800 MHz. The 400-600 MHz spectrometers are housed in the Chemistry/PSB building and the Bruker 800 in the CNSI building. The 400 and 500 MHz spectrometers are dedicated to a wide range of organic and inorganic small molecule and polymer research. The 600 and 800 MHz spectrometers are reserved primarily for biomolecular NMR research conducted by the Dahlquist lab and other labs. The high-field spectrometers are also open to other research where higher sensitivity is desired. Additionally, the 800 MHz spectrometer is equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and probes for solid-state NMR research in material science conducted mainly by Prof. Brad Chmelka's group.

All spectrometers are equipped with multiple solution NMR probes for direct or indirect detection of 1H/19F and low frequency nuclei 13C, 31P, 15N, etc. The 600 and 800 MHz spectrometers are also each equipped with either a cryoprobe or cold probe. The state-of-the-art, cryogenically cooled probes provide up to 4X sensitivity gain relative to room temperature probes, offering dramatically enhanced capability for the detection of small-quantity of material and significantly reducing experiment time (up to 20X) for average samples.

All instruments are user operated and are open to all researchers and students with proper training. The facility also provides resources and support to graduate and undergraduate education and is open to outreach programs. Training is offered throughout the year to prospective users in group sessions and mostly experiment or technique focused, hands-on individual sessions. The priorities of the facility personnel, under the supervision of the department NMR committee, are to maintain the spectrometers at high operation level, train new users, assist existing users, advise and collaborate with researchers in applying various NMR techniques in their research efforts, optimize the capacity of existing instruments, and improve hardware and software capabilities through upgrade and acquisition of new instruments.

To help improve the access and operation of these instruments and enhance user friendly experience at the NMR Facility, we always welcome your input and support.